Dems Rebelling Against Cap & Trade

I suppose this was predictable... moderate Democrats are begging the White House and Democrat leaders to abandon Cap & Trade legislation. Why? Mainly because they know passing it will kill their chances of re-election in 2010.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30984.html

Bruised by the health care debate and worried about what 2010 will bring, moderate Senate Democrats are urging the White House to give up now on any effort to pass a cap-and-trade bill next year.

“I am communicating that in every way I know how,” says Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of at least half a dozen Democrats who've told the White House or their own leaders that it's time to jettison the centerpiece of their party's plan to curb global warming.

The creation of an economy-wide market for greenhouse gas emissions is as the heart of the climate bill that cleared the House earlier this year. But with the health care fight still raging and the economy still hurting, moderate Democrats have little appetite for another sweeping initiative — especially another one likely to pass with little or no Republican support.

They know they're in trouble and are looking for damage control. They know that America doesn't WANT the ObamaCare bill they're in the process of passing, and they know any further major initiatives will make things worse.

We'll see what happens...